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US 9,319,366 B2Granted
Digital device for providing text messaging service and method for controlling the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJihyun Kim
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a digital device and a method for controlling the same, which displays an application related to a text message, extracts additional information from the application and inserts the extracted additional information to the text message, in order to provide additional information associated with a text message.
Claims21
A digital device providing a text messaging service, comprising:
- a display unit configured to display a text messaging interface;
- a sensor unit configured to sense a user input inputted to the digital device and delivering a signal according to a sensed result to a processor;
- a communication unit configured to transmit and receive text messages to and from an external device;
- and
- the processor configured to control the display unit, the sensor unit, and the communication unit,
- wherein the processor:
- designates at least one word included in the text message as a text block, wherein the text message is displayed through the text messaging interface,
- extracts at least one application providing additional information associated with the text block,
- controls the display unit to display an application interface including at least one icon representing the at least one application, wherein the application interface is overlaid on a portion of the text messaging interface,
- detects a first input signal to the at least one icon in the application interface,
- when the first input signal is detected, displays preview information of the additional information, wherein the preview information is overlaid on a portion of the text messaging interface, and
- when a second input signal to the preview information is detected, inserts the additional information to the text message, wherein the additional information is provided by an application corresponding to an icon from which the first input signal is detected.
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A digital device providing a text messaging service, comprising:
- a display unit configured to display a text messaging interface;
- a sensor unit configured to sense a user input inputted to the digital device and delivering an input signal according to a sensed result to a processor;
- a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from an external device;
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- the processor configured to control the display unit, the sensor unit, and the communication unit,
- wherein the processor:
- receives a message file including a text message and metadata related to the text message from the external device, wherein the metadata include link information for providing additional information associated with at least one word included in the text message,
- designates the at least one word as a text block, wherein the at least one word is related to the link information,
- displays the text message through the text messaging interface,
- adds a graphic effect to the text block,
- in response to a first input signal corresponding to the text block, extracts at least one application according to the link information,
- controls the display unit to display an application interface including at least one icon representing the at least one application, wherein the application interface is overlaid on a portion of the text messaging interface,
- detects a second input signal to an icon in the application interface,
- when the second input signal is detected, displays preview information of the additional information, wherein the preview information is overlaid on a portion of the text messaging interface, and
- when a third input signal to the preview information is detected, inserts the additional information provided by an application to the text message, wherein the application corresponds to the icon from which the second input signal is detected.
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A method for controlling a digital device providing a text messaging service, comprising:
- displaying a text message through a text messaging interface;
- designating at least one word included in the text message as a text block, wherein the text message is displayed through the text messaging interface;
- extracting at least one application providing additional information associated with the text block;
- displaying an application interface including at least one icon representing the at least one application, wherein the application interface is overlaid on a portion of the text messaging interface;
- detecting a first input signal to the at least one icon in the application interface;
- inserting additional information to the text message, wherein the additional information is provided by an application corresponding to an icon from which the first input signal is detected;
- when the first input signal is detected, displaying preview information of the additional information, wherein the preview information is overlaid on a portion of the text messaging interface;
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- when a second input signal to the preview information is detected, inserting the additional information to the text message, wherein the additional information is provided by an application corresponding to an icon from which the first input signal is detected.
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A method for controlling a digital device providing a text messaging service, comprising:
- receiving a message file including a text message and metadata related to the text message from an external device, wherein the metadata include link information for providing additional information associated with at least one word included in the text message;
- designating the at least one word as a text block, wherein the at least one word is related to the link information;
- displaying the text message through the text messaging interface,
- wherein, in the step of displaying the text message, a graphic effect is added to the text block;
- in response to a first input signal corresponding to the text block, extracting at least one application according to the link information;
- displaying an application interface including at least one icon representing the at least one application, wherein the application interface is overlaid on a portion of the text messaging interface;
- detecting a second input signal to an icon in the application interface;
- when the second input signal is detected, displaying preview information of the additional information, wherein the preview information is overlaid on a portion of the text messaging interface;
- and
- when a third input signal to the preview information is detected, inserting the additional information provided by an application to the text message, wherein the application corresponds to the icon from which the second input signal is detected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.